update: work in progress

ta DAH! remember my dyed beads? I whipped this up the night before I headed out to oregon (because that’s how I roll) for the hello sessions conference last week. (more on that later but it was outstanding!)

I was aiming for a deep teal color and ended up nearer to hunter green which I’m okay with because it looks beautiful with the gold. I wore my black jcrew grosgrain ribbon top with white skinny jeans and my snazzy new jcrew ‘colette’ pumps. (which you can’t see in the amateur hotel bathroom selfie above.)

and I couldn’t decide between a simple gold line rimming the edge or the dipped-look for the tips so I did both. I used martha stewart’s liquid gilding in ‘gold’ which is super stinky (and not water-based) but I’ve found it’s the best gold color out there. originally I mentioned sealing the beads with mod podge but I left these beads unsealed because I liked the velvety look. well that and I was flying out at the asscrackofdawn the next morning and didn’t really have time to coat them, wait for them to dry and then string them.

lesson learned – ALWAYS SEAL YOUR BEADS. I have no idea if this’ll come clean in the wash and I’m really disappointed with myself. patience is a virtue and it’s one I need to work on. fingers crossed I can get this clean. and now you know why I always take these pieces for a spin before I sell them. I’m so glad this wasn’t something that happened to a customer.